Luis Eduardo Perez

Luis Eduardo Perez Pagola (12 October 1774-20 August 1841) was President of Uruguay from 24 October to 6 November 1830, succeeding Juan Antonio Lavalleja and preceding Fructuoso Rivera. He was a member of the Colorado Party of Uruguay.

Biography
Luis Eduardo Perez Pagola was born in Montevideo, Uruguay on 12 October 1774, the son of a Spanish Army officer. He became deputy for San Jose in 1821 and voted in favor of joining Portuguese Brazil, and he served as Governor of the Cisplatine Province from 12 October 1827 to 27 August 1828, when Uruguay was granted independence due to the Cisplatine War. He then served as Provisional Captain General from 27 August to 1 December 1828, and, while serving as President of the Senate, he was interim President from 24 October to 6 November 1830 before Fructuoso Rivera was elected Uruguay's first official president. Perez died in 1841 amid the Uruguayan Civil War.